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Re: The Codex App

#81
post #28

How about us, Linux users? This is Mac only. Do they plan to support CLI version with all the features they are adding to desktop app?

Guess MacOS gives you pass for early-access stuff, right? /s

From a developer's perspective it makes sense, though. You can test experimental stuff where configurations are almost the same in terms of OS and underlying hardware, so no weird, edge-case bugs at this stage.

Re: The Codex App

#82
post #60

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Curios why electron not native? Wouldn’t native give better performance and more system integration?

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Going cross platform doesn’t sound the main reason (or I hope not). For a company that size, is it really hard to hire specialised small team?! It would be a good show case for their Codex too

Re: The Codex App

#83

- looks like OpenAIs answer to Claude Code Desktop / Cowork - workspace agent runner apps (like Conductor) get more and more obsolete - "vibe working" is becoming a thing - people use folder based agents to do their work (not just coding) - new workflows seem to be evolving into folder based workspaces, where agents can self-configure MCP servers and skills + memory files and instructions kinda interested to see if o…

Also interesting that they are both only for macOS. I’m feeling a bit left out on the Windows and Linux side, but this seems like an ongoing trend.

Re: The Codex App

#84
post #72

Wow, this is nearly an exact copy of Codex Monitor[1]: voice mode, project + threads/agents, git panel, PR button, terminal drawer, IDE integrations, local/worktree/cloud edits, archiving threads, etc. [1] https://github.com/Dimillian/CodexMonitor

Codex Monitor seems like an Antigravity Agent Manager clone. It came out after, too.

Bunch of the features u listed were already in the codex extension too. False outrage it its finest.

Re: The Codex App

#85
post #72

Wow, this is nearly an exact copy of Codex Monitor[1]: voice mode, project + threads/agents, git panel, PR button, terminal drawer, IDE integrations, local/worktree/cloud edits, archiving threads, etc. [1] https://github.com/Dimillian/CodexMonitor

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Re: The Codex App

#86
post #28

How about us, Linux users? This is Mac only. Do they plan to support CLI version with all the features they are adding to desktop app?

not only is it mac only, it appears to be arm only as well. App won't launch on my intel mac

Re: The Codex App

#87
Does anybody know when Codex is going to roll out subagent support? That has been an absolute game changer in Claude Code. It lets me run with a single session for so much longer and chip away at much more complex tasks. This was my biggest pain point when I used Codex last week.

Re: The Codex App

#89
Looks like another Claude App/Cowork-type competitor with slightly different tradeoffs (Cowork just calls Claude Code in a VM, this just calls Codex CLI with OS sandboxing).

Here's the Codex tech stack in case anyone was interested like me.

Framework: Electron 40.0.0

Frontend:

- React 19.2.0

- Jotai (state management)

- TanStack React Form

- Vite (bundler)

- TypeScript

Backend/Main Process:

- Node.js

- better-sqlite3 (local database)

- node-pty (terminal emulation)

- Zod (validation)

- Immer (immutable state)

Build & Dev:

- pnpm (package manager)

- Electron Forge

- Vitest (testing)

- ESLint + Prettier

Native/macOS:

- Sparkle (auto-updates)

- Squirrel (installer)

- electron-liquid-glass (macOS vibrancy effects)

- Sentry (error tracking)

Re: The Codex App

#90
OpenAI, ChatGPT, Codex

So many of the things that pioneered the way for the truly good (Claude, Gemini) to evolve. I am thankful for what they have done.

But the quality is gone, and they are now in catch-up mode. This is clear, not just from the quality of GPT-5.x outputs, but from this article.

They launch something new, flashy, should get the attention of all of us. And yet, they only launch to Apple devices?

Then, there are typos in the article. Again. I can't believe they would be sloppy about this with so much on the line. EDIT: since I know someone will ask, couple of examples - "7MM Tokens", "...this prompt initial prompt..."

And why are they not giving the full prompt used for these examples? "...that we've summarized for clarity" but we want to see the actual prompt. How unclear do we need to make our prompts to get to the level that you're showing us? Slight red flag there.

Anyway, good luck to them, and I hope it improves! Happy to try it out when it does, or at the very least, when it exists for a platform I own.

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